Product Development - part 1 of 3
Building a SoC
Davide Sarta of EnSilica provides us with a perfectly pitched introduction to the complexity of developing a modern System-on-Chip (SoC) covering the subject in enough detail to give us a good understanding of the complexities and the key things to consider, whilst getting through the topic in just less than 2 hours. Davide also finds time to discuss the options for a startup, such as IP (licence vs. build), EDA tooling costs and considerations and creating a team versus outsourcing.
Slides and Zoom video recording available.
Product Development - part 2 of 3
Partnering to Accelerate Development and Market Penetration
Tom Nicholson of TTP looks at the benefits and trade-offs of partnering for success, the types of partner and the types of partnerships. Valuable insights as almost all companies will form partnerships at some point.
Product Development - part 3 of 3
The role of software within a system design
Andrew Pickard of arm somehow manages to explain the world of embedded software design in a little over 2 hours, covering all of the important aspects that you will need to consider including detailed descriptions of simple and not-so simple software stacks and how to tackle security. There is also a good discussion of the use of Open Source software.
Slides and Zoom video recording available.
